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Offline lukejenks101

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Scratches on exterior lights
« on: December 14, 2011, 08:55:44 pm »
I have a few scratches on my headlights and swirls on my rear lights,  can anyone reccomend a way of removing these? I have a megs g220 coming for xmas or would that be too harsh?
« Last Edit: December 15, 2011, 08:37:36 am by lukejenks101 »

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Re: Scratches on exterior lights
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2011, 03:39:01 pm »
Should be fine. Lights are plastic so don't use anything too abrasive.

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Re: Scratches on exterior lights
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2011, 07:41:33 pm »
My fronts are totally goosed but quite a few on here have recommended autosol metal polish, I can confirm it works wonders!
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Re: Scratches on exterior lights
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2011, 08:41:12 pm »
Wet and dry sandpaper will be your best bet.

Then machine polish it back, whether it be by your G220 or a rotary polisher.  :happy2:

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Re: Scratches on exterior lights
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2011, 09:28:09 pm »
Had some nasty deep scratches on the passenger side headlight of my M3, wet sanded it down starting with 320, then working my way down to 3000. Finished with a good polish and my DA polisher. When I was done, looked like there had never been any scratches there at all. Worked a treat. Just a word of warning, if you do wet sand, do not press too hard, let the paper do the sanding.

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